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The final stage of this repair was mostly superficial and appearance related.  Tons of sanding and smoothing resulted in a nice uniform surface where I made the repair.

Gary had raised a concern about how I planned to protect the area against the heal dents happening again, and my hopeful answer to that question is by covering the area with EVA…[Read more]

The final stage of this repair was mostly superficial and appearance related.  Tons of sanding and smoothing resulted in a nice uniform surface where I made the repair.

Gary had raised a concern about how I planned to protect the area against the heal dents happening again, and my hopeful answer to that question is by covering the area with EVA…[Read more]

So for this stage of the repair, I leaned on what I learned in discussion with Gary W. who does some SUP repairs on the side.  I ended up  using Marine Tex and fiberglass loth to finish off the repair.

Any kid of research on the web among board repair purists would say that these techniques are unproven at best.  Another layer of glass at this sp…[Read more]

So for this stage of the repair, I leaned on what I learned in discussion with Gary W. who does some SUP repairs on the side.  I ended up  using Marine Tex and fiberglass loth to finish off the repair.

Any kid of research on the web among board repair purists would say that these techniques are unproven at best.  Another layer of glass at this sp…[Read more]

I taped off the area surrounding the repair and away I went.  The below pic is of what the glue looked like after expanding.  I ended up using the spray bottle and hitting it from a bunch of different angles.  Some holes didn’t bubble much.  I am going to make a bunch of assumptions about what happened or didn’t happen in the board.

The holes tha…[Read more]

I taped off the area surrounding the repair and away I went.  The below pic is of what the glue looked like after expanding.  I ended up using the spar bottle and hitting it from a bunch of different angles.  Some holes didn’t bubble much.  I am going to make a bunch of assumptions about what happened or didn’t happen in the board.

The holes tha…[Read more]

I taped off the area surrounding the repair and away I went.  The below pic is of what the glue looked like after expanding.  I ended up using the spar bottle and hitting it from a bunch of different angles.  Some holes didn’t bubble much.  I am going to make a bunch of assumptions about what happened or didn’t happen in the board.

The holes tha…[Read more]

Good times Brad and Bob!

The event was at great location with great eats, good suds and other refreshments, and even peanuts.  You guys had good vision to make this happen.

Bob’s secret secret family recipe Italian Sausage, hots and hams were delicious.  And a keg of beer to boot.  I may have to concede the eats were better at the Surf Bash th…[Read more]

Good times Brad and Bob!

The event was at great location with great eats, good suds and other refreshments, and even peanuts.  You guys had good vision to make this happen.

Bob’s secret secret family recipe Italian Sausage, hots and hams were delicious.  And a keg of beer to boot.  I may have to concede the eats were better at the Surf Bash th…[Read more]

Preparing the board.

I drilled holes through the skin of the  board to just past the periphery of where the deck felt squishy.  One exception is on the port/left side just under the back deck pad.  The board was a little squishy on the edge of that pad. That was going to be messy so I am hopeful the glue was able to expand in that di…[Read more]

Preparing the board.

I drilled holes through the skin of the  board to just past the periphery of where the deck felt squishy.  One exception is on the port/left side just under the back deck pad.  The board was a little squishy on the edge of that pad. That was going to be messy so I am hopeful the glue was able to expand in that di…[Read more]

Preparing the board.

I drilled holes through the skin of the  board to just past the periphery of where the deck felt squishy.  One exception is on the port/left side just under the back deck pad.  The board was a little squishy on the edge of that pad. That was going to be messy so I am hopeful the glue was able to expand in that di…[Read more]

Hi Bill,

Thanks for posting on the forum!  Sorry that you were not able to edit your post.  I have changed a setting for the forum, that could have been causing this issue for you.  The forum program was set to only allow editing for 1 day after the initial post, now it is set for 99,999 days.

If you had something to add you could also re…[Read more]

I’ll gladly support you Brad.

I regularly throw cash at the girl scouts for cookies, and the boy scouts for popcorn without even thinking about it. Remember when the scouts used to go door to door and have to practice interpersonal skills under the watchful eye of their parents???? I do….I dreaded it, but it had value!!!! Well now the Mom’s…[Read more]

Doug,

That is awesome!!!  That looks like a Brad M. prototype to me, a couple generations/versions from now and you’ll be thinking about taking that thing to market.  Very MacGyver…did I see a piece of chewing gum in there?

Looks like you chose a pretty good placement on your lines (if you had a choice) to show you, and the water/waves aro…[Read more]

Doug,

That is awesome!!! Looks like you chose a pretty good placement on your lines (if you had a choice) to show you, and the water/waves around you.

I loved the effect of actively tilting/rotating the video as you carved from one tack to another instead of splicing the “flipped” video in with an effect.

You should bring that thing to the Surf…[Read more]